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Jed I. Knight

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Looking forward to see the opening on LinkedIn, if they go with a recruitment agency.

"Got a friend who might be up for the role? Tag them in the comments."
 

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It’ll be Steven Bartlett

They like a young appointment, he’s literally wrote a book on being a CEO and he’s a United fan who has a pre-existing relationship with Brailsford

(I actually believe this enough to write it here so I can gloat if it happens)
 

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It will be Blanc or another INEOS rep no worries, this is likely to appease the ratification process , so not worry.
 

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They're talking about entrusting a headhunting firm to appoint a new CEO, which I think is probably a good move unless they decide to promote one of Baty or Stewart. For the sanity of the casual observer, I hope they go with the headhunting firm and bring in a external candidate. This also doesn't mean that INEOS won't have sporting control, but there is a difference between who the board of directors are, and the people who direct the football side of the club. The Glazers will for sure have a say on who the CEO is.


This was exactly my understanding. INEOS cannot independently go out and recruit a CEO. Board needs to ratify the appointment, and Ineos are actually outnumbered in these matters with Glazers retaining a large share of the voting rights.
 

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This was exactly my understanding. INEOS cannot independently go out and recruit a CEO. Board needs to ratify the appointment, and Ineos are actually outnumbered in these matters with Glazers retaining a large share of the voting rights.
It's understandable given what's at stake and how vulnerable the the Glazers' business model is. You need someone with a keen eye for the business side so that the money keeps rolling it. I wouldn't have a problem if they promote the current CFO but ideally give substantial power to the DOF.

After that you can have a Transfers and Contracts Committee in which the CEO has a seat, even if he may not have a vote but you want the guy who knows how the money is moving being involved in these decisions.
 

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This was exactly my understanding. INEOS cannot independently go out and recruit a CEO. Board needs to ratify the appointment, and Ineos are actually outnumbered in these matters with Glazers retaining a large share of the voting rights.
Agreed. The people controlling the business side of the club will have a greater say on who the CEO is imo. And we all know who controls the business side of the club.
 

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FFS, don't want gill at any cost.
Think about it

a- He was alongside Brailsford during the last game
b- He has worked under the Glazers and he's got SAF's support
c- He's experienced and lead us to a successful period during a time when we were tight
 

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Think about it

a- He was alongside Brailsford during the last game
b- He has worked under the Glazers and he's got SAF's support
c- He's experienced and lead us to a successful period during a time when we were tight
He’s been employed as a consultant at the club for ages.
 

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I don't think the Glazers want to actively sabotage Ineos and the club, so I don't see them not agreeing to whoever they want to bring in as CEO. Still, it's a little bit disappointing that they also need to agree.

Regarding Blanc, I thought he would not become CEO as he already has a bigger role within the INEOS hierarchy as far as I know...however, I've been convinced in these last few weeks that he was going to basically appoint himself as CEO...? :lol:

Anyways, I'd take Gill.
 

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No blanc = the return of Edwin ?
Don’t see VDS coming back to football anytime soon especially in such an unstable environment as United, I could see Blanc as unofficial CEO as a sub contractor type through Ineos then Gill in the official capacity creating a heirachy of

Blanc-Gill
Brailsford
Ashworth
Mitchell
ETH/Someone else

That would work well for me and Gill has experience in running the club during a highly successful period, contacts throughout football, is highly respected, been Vice Chairman of the FA, is on the UEFA committee, was Vice Chairman of FIFA and is a good friend of Sir Alex.
 

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I don't think the Glazers want to actively sabotage Ineos and the club, so I don't see them not agreeing to whoever they want to bring in as CEO. Still, it's a little bit disappointing that they also need to agree.

Regarding Blanc, I thought he would not become CEO as he already has a bigger role within the INEOS hierarchy as far as I know...however, I've been convinced in these last few weeks that he was going to basically appoint himself as CEO...? :lol:

Anyways, I'd take Gill.
Yeah and he's on the PLC board too. So he's going to be involved moving forward anyway. As I said on the last page maybe he prefers working in the background rather than being a face of the club.
 

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Logically thinking the CEO will work for the Glazers rather than INEOS.

CEO doesn’t just work on the footballing side. Largely responsible for bringing in revenue.
 

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It’ll be Steven Bartlett

They like a young appointment, he’s literally wrote a book on being a CEO and he’s a United fan who has a pre-existing relationship with Brailsford

(I actually believe this enough to write it here so I can gloat if it happens)
Please can I have some of what you've been smoking?
 

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Awesome - the whole advantage about Sir Jim's bid over Jassim was that he will bring trusted capable people on top positions.

One down . Let's what happens to the.next 2 positions.
 

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I did wonder re Blanc. He only became CEO of Ineos Sport in December 2022 - and his responsibilities are broad. Relocating to Manchester probably wasn’t on his agenda. :lol:

Time will tell what the eventual structure looks like. I’m cautiously optimistic about all of this though.
 

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there might well be compliance issues with Blanc being CEO - people seem to have forgotten that the 2 club thing is still a UEFA rule and both Blanc/Brailsford have had involvement at Nice

I dont know the fine details of these rules and what UEFA need to see to allow it as they did in the Red Bull case though
 

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It’ll be Steven Bartlett

They like a young appointment, he’s literally wrote a book on being a CEO and he’s a United fan who has a pre-existing relationship with Brailsford

(I actually believe this enough to write it here so I can gloat if it happens)
WTF are you waffling about :lol:
 

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INEOS will need CEO approval for final transfer budget.

It will be a Glazer yes man, we can only hope the candidate cares about the footballing side.
 

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Think about it

a- He was alongside Brailsford during the last game
b- He has worked under the Glazers and he's got SAF's support
c- He's experienced and lead us to a successful period during a time when we were tight
He's also been hanging around the London offices in the last couple of years. If he wants it I see no reason why the Glazers and Ratcliffe would be against it.
 
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